SXSW Parties on Saturday, March 8th
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Party List: Saturday, March 8th
| All Day |
| BarCampAustin 3 |
| We are thrilled to announce that GSD&M | idea city is sponsoring/hosting BarCampAustin 3 What is this about anyway? BarCampAustin is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share a... |
| GSD&M | idea city |
| 8:00 am |
| SXSW Social Breakfast, with Ewan Spence |
| Looking to start your SXSW week in the company of friends, both new and old? Then why not come along to "A Social Breakfast." Everyone is welcome, this is an open invitation to share breakfast at one ... |
| Magnolia's Cafe |
| 10:30 am |
| Kick! 2008 |
| KICK! is a fun, free playground-style kickball game that makes a great way for you to meet and mix with attendees of the Interactive festival. And even if you don't play, some snacks and goodies will ... |
| Palm Park |
| 11:00 am |
| BlogHaus at SXSW Interactive 2008 Sponsored by AMD |
| AMD is bringing the BlogHaus to SXSW this year! Produced in collaboration with SXSW, PodTech, and The Conversation Group, BlogHaus will be host to all your bandwidth, media-creating, and networking ne... |
| Austin Convention Center |
| dooce® Meetup |
| Heather Armstrong of dooce.com will be hanging out at Halcyon for a couple of hours. Stop by and say hello! |
| Halcyon |
| Noon |
| South By Southwest (SXSW) ScreenBurn Arcade |
| SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade Saturday, March 8th · Sunday, March 9th, 2008 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm The ScreenBurn Arcade will take place on the first floor of the Austin Convention Center located at the 4th St... |
| Austin Convention Center |
| 1:00 pm |
| Bike Hugger Urban Ride |
| Join Bike Hugger for an urban ride around Austin with stops at REI, the Blanton Museum of Art, and ending up at the free BBQ. We'll meet at the Susanna Dickinson House (North end of Brush Square Park... |
| Brush Square Park |
| 4:00 pm |
| SXSW Worldwide Flickrite Meet-up! |
| Come on down and meet fellow Flickrites! The Austin group on Flickr is organizing a get-together at the Cathedral of Junk! As a bonus, some of the Flickr team from San Francisco will be in town -- t... |
| Cathedral of Junk |
| 4:30 pm |
| Bike Hugger Beer & BBQ |
| From sxsw.com: Brush Square Park, North Tent (across from the Austin Convention Center). It's pedals not panels and bike culture blogged. Free beer! Free Food! Cool Schwag! Bonus browser debate with W... |
| Austin Convention Center |
| 5:00 pm |
| Seesmic Cafe goes to SXSWi - JOIN US! |
| GUEST LIST IS CLOSED We decided that the traditional path of doing a booth or meeting space at the conference was contrary to the very core of what Seesmic is all about - and that is conversation. S... |
| Fogo de Chao (rooftop terrace) |
| 6:00 pm |
| Google Party |
| From http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/evening_events/ : Light Bar (408 Congress Ave @ 4th St) Come join the fun with Google! There are sure to be great beverages, tasty eats and plenty of that fun Go... |
| Light Bar |
| GeekAustin SXSW Happy Hour |
| GeekAustin ISO fun m/f for drinks and interesting conversation at JBlack's Feel Good Lounge. Hobbies include microformats, OpenID, microformats, rich APIs, sexy but functional design, XFN, mashups, c... |
| J Black's Feel Good Lounge |
| dorkbot-austin at sxsw |
| Co-sponsored by Make Magazine, SXSW Interactive and the International Game Developers Association of Austin Lineup at http://www.dorkbotaustin.org/sxsw |
| Brush Square Park |
| Avenue A | Razorfish Happy Hour |
| From http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/evening_events/ : Six (117 W. 4th St @ Colorado) Avenue A | Razorfish invites you for fun and conversation at our annual SxSW cocktail party. Come for fun... you... |
| Six |
| 8:00 pm |
| frog design SXSW Opening Party |
| From sxsw.com: This is the legendary frog party you've always been hearing about. We'll have Grupo Fantasma, fire dancers and more to officially kick off the 15th year of SXSW Interactive. |
| Mexican American Cultural Center |
| 10:00 pm |
| AMODA Digital Showcase |
| From sxsw.com: The Austin Museum of Digital Art presents a party featuring live electronic music and visual art. The main event will be a Laptop Battle where musicians compete to outperform each other... |
| The Mohawk |
| 16 Bit: SXSWi’s Opening Night Afterparty |
| SXSWi’s (un)official opening night afterparty. Successor to last year’s “8 bit,” complete with wide open Texas patio, wide open bar, 80’s DJs, and new this year: 999 Eyes, an authentic human oddities freakshow. |
| Scoot Inn map |
| GameTap Party |
| From http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/evening_events/ : Parkside (301 E 6th St) Calling ALL Gamers to SXSW! Party with us on Saturday from 10pm to 1am at Parkside! It's right on 6th and about 3 block... |
| Parkside |
| Austinist presents Local Music is Sexy 5 |
| Lineup TBA. Free admission, free drinks. 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. | RSVP Info TBA. |
| Pure Volume Ranch, 229 E 2nd Street. |